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Warren Ayer
Apr 19, 20234 min read
DeacoNote 28: No Green Bananas
April 19, 2023 As we continue to meditate on prayer in all of its facets during the count down to the National Day of Prayer on Thursday,...
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Warren Ayer
Apr 14, 20234 min read
DeacoNote 27: Experiencing The Holy
April 12, 2023 As we bask in the glow of an Easter just passed, I find myself reflecting back on the various services we held to tell,...
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Warren Ayer
Apr 5, 20237 min read
DeacoNote 26: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
April 5, 2023 Holy Week. I am a great fan of Rebus puzzles. These are puzzles formed from words that create a picture of a well-known...
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Warren Ayer
Mar 30, 20237 min read
DeacoNote 25: Foxhole Prayers
March 29, 2023 In last week's DeacoNote, in our continuing series on prayer-related topics, we noted that, when we pray for something...
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Warren Ayer
Mar 23, 20239 min read
DeacoNote 24: House Call
Spring, March 22, 2023 When I was a young boy so many years ago I lived in a small farming town. The nearest hospital was in the...
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Warren Ayer
Mar 17, 20237 min read
DeacoNote 23: Shooting The Messenger
March 15, 2023 For Lent, some of the groups in our church have decided to focus on prayer. For its part, the Men's Group used its last...
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Warren Ayer
Mar 9, 20235 min read
DeacoNote 22: Abracadabra
March 8, 2023 If I think back to some of my earliest memories of childhood stories, many of those early stories contained magical...
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Warren Ayer
Feb 28, 20236 min read
DeacoNote 21: A Clean Heart
March 1, 2023 It is the season we call Lent. The countdown to Easter 2023 has begun. There are a number of traditions associated with...
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Warren Ayer
Feb 23, 20234 min read
DeacoNote 20: The Christ Candle
February 22, 2023 Over the past four DeacoNotes, we have looked at the candles in the traditional Advent wreath. The first was for Hope...
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Warren Ayer
Feb 17, 20235 min read
DeacoNote 19: Provoke Unto Love
February 15, 2023 When I restarted this series of notes last week, I set as my first objective to complete the Advent Series that I began...
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Warren Ayer
Feb 8, 20234 min read
DeacoNote 18: Consider It Pure Joy
February 8, 2023 This note will turn out to be my longest note so far. Not in the length of the end product, but in the length of time...
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Pastor Russell Willis
Feb 4, 20233 min read
Ministers: All God's People
Did you ever notice that every Sunday the bulletin lists the "Ministers" of the United Church of Colchester as "All God's People"? Think...
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Warren Ayer
Dec 8, 20225 min read
DeacoNote 17: Jehovah Shalom
December 7, 2022 To attempt to write about peace during the hectic, almost chaotic, holiday season, feels almost oxymoronic. But it is...
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Warren Ayer
Dec 1, 20225 min read
DeacoNote 16: To Infinity And Beyond
November 30, 2022 In the Toy Story animated movies, one of the main characters, Buzz Lightyear, voiced by Tim Allen, is often heard to...
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Warren Ayer
Nov 23, 20224 min read
DeacoNote 15: The Lost Art Of Waiting
November 23, 2022 I have to confess that I have a fair amount of disdain for the clock. While I recognize a certain utility in...
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Warren Ayer
Nov 17, 20226 min read
DeacoNote 14: Heaven Hotel
November 16, 2022 Many years ago, I had occasion to travel to France for business. While there, I stayed in Paris, ate most of my...
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Warren Ayer
Nov 9, 20225 min read
DeacoNote 13: Will The Real Miracle Please Stand Up
November 9, 2022 Photo by bryan robinson on Unsplash As I sit down to compose my thirteenth DeacoNote, it feels like a milestone of sorts....
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Warren Ayer
Nov 1, 20225 min read
DeacoNote 12: The Gift Of Encouragement
November 2, 2022 For a good part of my business career, I worried about strategy. My job titles had things like Plans & Strategy,...
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Warren Ayer
Oct 25, 20225 min read
DeacoNote 11: A Measure Of Greatness
October 26, 2022 In the age of sports analytics it would seem, that almost any competition is no longer simply about which team scored...
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Warren Ayer
Oct 21, 20226 min read
DeacoNote 10: And The Answer Is . . .
October 19, 2022 Those of you that know me well, know that I take music lessons on a weekly basis. I am trying to learn how to play the...
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